Age UK: Retirement law is 'milestone'
– Michelle Mitchell, charity director general of Age UKWe hope that now it is illegal to force someone out of their job simply because they are 65 or over, it will make employers look beyond their staff's date of birth, objectively assess their skills and contributions and trigger a more positive and realistic attitude to older people.
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